1st Edition
Dimensions of African Statehood Everyday Governance and Provision of Public Goods
By Randi Solhjell
Copyright 2020
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
146 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book argues that the way in which we use the concept of "state" in many African countries must involve a deeper engagement of the complex workings of state–society relations, rather than a master narrative of European state formation. Dimensions of African Statehood explores the concept of "statehood" as a set of daily practices that govern and generate effects through the voices of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Conceptual framework: dimensions of statehood 3. Introducing Bukavu 4. Managing waste: "the political class does not take care of garbage here" 5. "We need to live, but the leaders are killing us": water and hydroelectricity 6. State persistence: perspectives from the roads 7. Governance, citizenship, and the dimensions of statehood 8. Conclusion
Biography
Randi Solhjell is affiliated with the Norwegian Police University College and the Centre for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo. She was a former senior research fellow associated at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.
